
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 9PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 14s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 6 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
77 | 69 | 112 | 91 | 78 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 92 | 118 | 104 | 69 | 80 | 71 | 149 | 101 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 7:02PM1.72m | 7:32AM1.75m | 7:55PM1.65m | 8:27AM1.70m | 8:51PM1.59m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:19AM0.30m | 1:51PM0.38m | 2:10AM0.38m | 2:44PM0.44m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:17 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
Feels °C | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 5 | N 5 | N 4 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | NE 8 | NE 8 |
46 | 34 | 72 | 91 | 78 | 58 | 34 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 38 | 92 | 74 | 73 | 53 | 30 | 20 | 49 | 57 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | NE 8 | NNE 8 | NE 8 | SSW 14 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 |
77 | 69 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 26 | 33 | 104 | 47 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 51 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 8 | ESE 10 | NE 6 | ENE 6 | SE 10 | SSW 14 | NE 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | S 18 | SSW 17 |
11 | 15 | 67 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 118 | 31 | 69 | 80 | 71 | 26 | 97 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | W 3 | NW 3 | NW 4 | NW 4 | N 5 | — | SSW 8 | S 4 | S 5 | — | — | — | — | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 |
8 | 38 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 53 | — | 11 | 10 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 149 | 101 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
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